Chapter 72 She returned to the palace?
As she spoke, Deng covered her face with tears. Her beauty was so soft and delicate, a remnant of her youthful beauty. If it weren't for the increasing fine lines around her eyes, anyone would have admired her beauty. Deng's real name was Deng Shu, and she had been a courtesan in a Nanyang restaurant. Her soft, Wu dialect voice charmed Ye Zhixing so much that he was immediately taken into her family's residence.
Ever since Ye Lanzhou told her that kneeling to her was humiliating, Deng Shu stopped kneeling to her. She just held Ye Lanzhou's hand, tears in her eyes.
As she was speaking, a girl appeared from behind Deng Shu and called out softly, "Fourth Sister."
The aphrodisiac was not harmful to the body, and she had already vomited a lot last night, so she was fine now.
Deng Shu said, "I asked the girl to come and thank you. She's timid and didn't dare to come alone, so I came along."
Ye Lanzhou nodded, clenching her panties tighter in her hand, afraid to let the mother and daughter see them. Although she preferred the Dengs to Madam Ye, in her current situation, fighting alone was much easier than working with them.
"Fourth sister, I heard from my mother that if you hadn't saved me, my family would have started discussing my marriage right now." As she spoke, she lowered her head and took out a flat box from her bosom and handed it to Ye Lanzhou. "I see that you don't have any rouge yet. I guess the people in the mansion left some behind when they bought it for you. I made this with madder and sumac. I hope you'll accept it."
Rouge sold in ordinary shops often adds a small amount of cinnabar to prolong its shelf life. However, cinnabar is harmful to the body and can even cause death in overdose. Using only madder and sappan wood shortens the shelf life, increases costs, and reduces profits. Therefore, almost all rouge on the market contains cinnabar.
Ye Lanzhou knew this, so she rarely used cinnabar. But what Ye Anyun gave her was obviously a treasure, and it was a token of her love as a younger sister, so she didn't refuse. She took it and said, "Thank you, Fifth Sister."
At this moment, Mrs. Deng suddenly glanced at Ye Lanzhou's hands behind her back and asked, "What is the fourth lady holding?"
"Nothing. I just wanted to ask Wangshu to take my changed clothes to the laundry, but I don't know where she went."
Mrs. Deng thought for a moment, then said, "Oh, it's that baby-faced girl, the one the Fifth Miss brought back from the palace?"
Ye Lanzhou nodded.
"She said she was from the palace and it was against the rules for her to come to the Ye Mansion to serve you, so she returned to the palace early this morning."
Ye Lanzhou asked in surprise: "Back to the palace?"
Didn't she know that it was against the rules for Wangshu to leave the palace and come to the Ye Mansion? But Xie Chengyan had already moved Wangshu out of the palace when they went to the imperial mausoleum outside the capital. Why did he do this suddenly?
Besides, would Wangshu leave the Ye Mansion without telling her?
Something is not right. Now that Hong Luo has not returned, Wangshu is the only person he can trust. But someone took Wangshu out of Ye Mansion, and it is obvious that someone wants to deal with her.
"Who said she should return to the palace?"
Deng Shu thought for a moment, then said, "It seems to be the eldest son."
Ye Lingchuan.
Unexpectedly, she still couldn't live in peace after being punished by the family law. Madam Ye was the one who forced her mother to death. She didn't intend to attack Ye Lingchuan first, but who made him rush to do it?
But it doesn't matter. Madam Ye is under house arrest now, so she can't get in touch with her. It's better to start with her children.
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